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Table 5 Correlations of BMI with Body Composition Variables

From: Analyses of body composition charts among younger and older Chinese children and adolescents aged 5 to 18 years

Age group

Boys

Girls

FM

FMI

FFM

FFMI

FM

FMI

FFM

FFMI

5

0.93*

0.94*

0.59*

0.60*

0.93*

0.95*

0.39

0.62*

6

0.91*

0.93*

0.47*

0.56*

0.97*

0.97*

0.55*

0.60*

7

0.93*

0.93*

0.59*

0.64*

0.92*

0.93*

0.39*

0.51*

8

0.95*

0.96*

0.47*

0.68*

0.96*

0.97*

0.59*

0.76*

9

0.94*

0.95*

0.46*

0.66*

0.90*

0.87*

0.36*

0.55*

10

0.97*

0.96*

0.70*

0.73*

0.95*

0.94*

0.74*

0.83*

11

0.96*

0.95*

0.64*

0.79*

0.97*

0.96*

0.76*

0.86*

12

0.94*

0.90*

0.69*

0.79*

0.90*

0.86*

0.66*

0.81*

13

0.92*

0.90*

0.52*

0.71*

0.87*

0.87*

0.45*

0.66*

14

0.89*

0.90*

0.70*

0.81*

0.91*

0.91*

0.45*

0.81*

15

0.91*

0.92*

0.60*

0.81*

0.94*

0.96*

0.55*

0.86*

16

0.82*

0.79*

0.58*

0.75*

0.87*

0.86*

0.50*

0.63*

17

0.93*

0.92*

0.62*

0.82*

0.84*

0.89*

0.47*

0.74*

18

0.97*

0.96*

0.50*

0.79*

0.90*

0.92*

0.32*

0.71*

  1. * Significantly different from zero P<0.05.
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